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ReviewTherapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease2020

The off-label use of anakinra in pediatric systemic autoinflammatory diseases.

Valerio Maniscalco, Sarah Abu-Rumeileh, Maria Vincenza Mastrolia, Edoardo Marrani, Ilaria Maccora, Ilaria Pagnini, Gabriele Simonini

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Review in Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06697431 (A Randomized, Controlled, Open-label, Non Inferiority KawasakI Trial With Anakinra), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06697431 phase4not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Randomized, Controlled, Open-label, Non Inferiority KawasakI Trial With Anakinra

TypeinterventionalSponsorMeyer Children's Hospital IRCCSRan2025 to 2027Enrolled38ConditionsKawasaki Disease, AnakinraArmsAnakinra, Intravenous Immunoglobulins, Human
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valerio ManiscalcoRheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3287-846X
Sarah Abu-RumeilehRheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Maria Vincenza MastroliaRheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Edoardo MarraniRheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Ilaria MaccoraRheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Ilaria PagniniRheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Gabriele SimoniniRheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Viale Gaetano Pieraccini, 24, Firenze, Toscana 50139, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5919-4861
Meyer Children's Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin 1 (IL-1), a central mediator of innate immunity, is considered a master cytokine of local and systemic inflammation. IL-1 has emerged as pivotal in the pathogenesis of autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs), and blockade of its pathway has become a crucial target for therapy. Anakinra (ANA), a recombinant IL-1β receptor antagonist, was the first anti-IL-1 agent employed in clinical practice. ANA is currently approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, adult-onset Still's disease, and cryopyrin-associated autoinflammatory syndrome. It has also been successfully used for off-label treatment of various monogenic, polygenic, or undefined etiology systemic AIDs. This review describes currently available evidence for the off-label use of ANA in pediatric rheumatologic diseases. Specifically, the use of ANA in Kawasaki disease, idiopathic recurrent pericarditis, Behçet disease, monogenic AIDs, undifferentiated AIDs, chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis, macrophage activation syndrome, and febrile infection-related epilepsy, in terms of its safety and efficacy. In selected pediatric rheumatic disorders, the off-label administration of ANA appears to be effective and safe. In order to control severe and/or relapsing disease, ANA should be considered as a valuable treatment option in children suffering from rare inflammatory diseases. However, currently available data consist of retrospective studies and short case series; thus, randomized controlled trials and larger series with long-term follow up are mandatory to better assess the efficacy and cost effectiveness of ANA in these challenging patients.

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anakinraanti-IL-1 inhibitorsautoinflammatory diseaseschildreninterleukin-1

Identifiers

PMID33149772
PMCPMC7580132
OpenAlexW3097506707

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